2020 EPL Top Four Odds Preview Week 25
We have reached Week 25 of the 2019/20 Premier League season and the top four race has continued its exhilarating ride.
Tottenham Hotspur is now without a win in their last four games after a goalless draw with Watford.
Spurs are goalless in their last three games, two were played without top scorer Harry Kane. Tottenham was lucky to leave Vicarage Road with a point after Troy Deeney’s penalty was saved by Paulo Gazzaniga.
Tottenham is eighth in the table, just two points ahead of North London rivals Arsenal and are now eight points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.
Sportsbooks have their updated odds of finishing in the top four openings at +500.
Arsenal earned a second consecutive 1-1 draw after their stalemate against Sheffield United at the Emirates Stadium.
It was Arsenal’s first game without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang since his immediate red card against Crystal Palace earned him a three-match ban. It was Arsenal however who took the lead just before half-time through 18-year old Gabriel Martinelli.
John Fleck’s fifth league goal of the season in the 83rd minute earned the point for the away side who were lucky to get the point after a potential penalty on Nicolas Pepe was overlooked.
Arsenal remains 10th in the table and is 10 points behind fourth-placed Chelsea who they face next at Stamford Bridge.
Sportsbooks has the odds of Arsenal finishing in the top four at a lowly +2500.
EPL Winner 2019/2020
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Chelsea’s EPL Odds After a Last Minute Header
Chelsea fell back into the loss column after their late defeat to Newcastle United.
Isaac Hayden’s 94th-minute header was able to find its way past Kepa Arrizabalaga and claim all three points for the home side.
It was Newcastle’s first win in five and was at Chelsea’s expense whose three-match unbeaten run is now.
Academy product Reece James limped off with an apparent ankle injury and his potential absence will prove pivotal to Chelsea’s next fixtures as the 19-year old has already proven his worth to this current Chelsea side who host rivals Arsenal in their next match.
Chelsea now possesses the third-best odds to finish in the top four which open at -250.
Mo Salah Less United Odds
Manchester United suffered yet another defeat as they fell 2-0 to rivals Liverpool at Anfield.
A first-half header from Virgil Van Dijk and a 90th-minute strike from Mohamed Salah undone United who were outclassed for most of the game.
Before the game, reports on United’s top scorer Marcus Rashford claimed he would be out for 2-3 months with a stress fracture in his back; a claim Ole Gunnar Solskjaer later confirmed.
United will have to do without Rashford for potentially the entire campaign and with no striker on the horizon in the January transfer window, the goalscoring burden lies on the backs of Anthony Martial and 18-year-old Mason Greenwood.
Sportsbooks’ odds on Manchester United to finish in the top four are open at +250.
Leicester City dropped to third in the table after a 2-1 home late loss to Southampton. After consecutive wins against Newcastle and West Ham United, Leicester was punished by Southampton striker Danny Ings who scored his 14th league goal of the season to secure three points for the away side.
Leicester remains six points ahead of fourth-placed Chelsea and looks set for a return to the UEFA Champions League, a competition they haven’t competed in since the 2016/17 season.
Sportsbooks’ odds on Leicester City to finish in the top four open at -700.
